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Crooked River near Bend Kayak School and Rentals (River Delivery and Full Day Appointments)

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About this river

Crooked River is a 9.6 mile river near Bend Kayak School and Rentals (River Delivery and Full Day Appointments) in Oregon. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Crooked River below Osborne Canyon, near Opal City, OR (site 14087380). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 8. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.

Typical flow by month

2004 to 2026

Crooked River typically runs highest in April, at a median 507 cfs, and lowest in July, at 134 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 3,450 cfs, in 2017.

Typical flow by month at Crooked River below Osborne Canyon, near Opal City, OR, in cfs
MonthTypical (cfs)Usual range (cfs)Relative level
January206167 to 297
February217166 to 507
March229182 to 983
April507236 to 1,340
May271137 to 588
June168130 to 287
July134109 to 167
August146120 to 179
September209167 to 272
October230198 to 271
November199176 to 212
December187164 to 207

Typical is the median of each month’s daily median values, and the usual range runs from the median 25th to the median 75th percentile, across about 22 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Crooked River below Osborne Canyon, near Opal City, OR (site 14087380). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.

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